What Do Those Old Films Mean? Volume 4 - France 1904-1912--The Ene
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Volume 4: France 1904-1912--The Enemy Below. "One of the most
remarkable features of the seventh art is its unanimous appeal to the
masses, with none of the intellectual preparation needed for
literature or music," wrote Louis Delluc, and in this fascinating
program covering the early years of cinema in France, film historian
and critic Noel Burch follows the thesis that the appeal of the silent
French cinema was to the working class. "We were attracted to
everything denied us by a moral code laid down by others: luxury, wild
parties, the great brass band of vices and the image of woman too, but
a woman heroized, elevated to adventuressa generation of young men
fell head over heels in love with Musidora in Les Vampires," wrote the
poet Louis Aragon. 26 mins.